Monday, February 11, 2013

Age 70 isn't too old to start something new! Actually, becoming a staff writer for the new South Grayson Sentinel doesn't call on new skills. I wrote a weekly column about the Van Alstyne Library for sixteen years while I was Director of the Van Alstyne Library. What is new is that I won't be writing just about library subjects. In our first Sentinel issue, I wrote an historical article about Hilltop Haven, Gunter's local nursing home which is closing down after 65 years. My second article is an extension of that article. When the nursing home began as Home for the Aged, it opened in the existing building of Gunter Bible College which existed from 1903-1928. I'm writing an historical article on Gunter Bible College. I have some family stories connected to the College that I can include since my Father-in-law and Mother-in-law both attended the college and my Father-in-law also taught there. I'm looking forward to an opportunity to delve into history as I start this new phase of volunteering, writing regularly for a bi-weekly newspaper!